Dardagna Forest, Corno Alle Scale, Emilia Romagna, Italy
This picture was shot after sunrise. It was raining, and the mood was fantastic.
Cathedral Grove, Parksville, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
If you drive Highway #4 between Parksville and Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, you will pass Kennedy Lake. After you pass the lake, you arrive at Cathedral Grove Provincial Park. This small area of old-growth forest has a large parking lot next to the entrance that provides access to a boardwalk winding through the park. […]
Enchanted Forest, Nanaimo Regional District, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Flooded Forest, Mekedatu, Kanakapura, India
Forest in the floodplain of the River Cauvery. Because of regular flooding, floodplains frequently have high soil fertility since nutrients are deposited with the floodwaters. This is an early morning view of the forest.
Through An Arboreal Screen, Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Since my family and I moved to Vancouver Island from our home on Salt Spring Island almost three years ago, we have enjoyed many leisurely day trips, oftentimes simply meandering along the scenic country roads in Cowichan Valley, where serene natural landscapes and verdant terrain await us amid farmland, vineyards, and rolling hills. Here, on […]
A Way Down, Mt Washington, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, Canada
I often drive the back roads of Mt. Washington looking for good or great landscapes that say something. On this summer day, I came across an opening in the forest that suggested a way to walk down the mountain. After walking around the opening, I picked this spot to capture this beautiful scene of a […]
Fragile Dreams, Prepotto, Udine, Italy
This image is the result of repeated visits and careful scouting of the location, with a clear vision of the composition I wanted to achieve. On this particular morning, the conditions finally aligned: a dense, enveloping fog and complete stillness, with no wind to disturb the scene. The quiet atmosphere allowed the forest to reveal […]
An Torr Woodland Trail, Glencoe, Ballachulish, Scotland
This image was made at An Torr, a woodland trail in the Scottish Highlands, on a rain-softened autumn day. The path became the photograph’s organizing idea, not as a cliché of choice and consequence, but as something more physical. The palette here does most of the work. Fallen beech leaves have turned the path itself […]
Elakala Falls Aon, Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, USA
In the heart of West Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains, Elakala Falls cascades through Blackwater Canyon like nature’s own masterpiece. Captured in computational mode with the OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, this hidden gem reveals the interplay of light across velvety moss, weathered rock, and amber-toned waters stained by fallen leaves, along with intricate patterns carved by […]
Foggy Forest, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, Canada
While driving the logging roads of the Comox Valley, I found myself driving in the fog. The higher I went, the foggier it got. Some of the scenes I was seeing changed quickly as I drove through them. At this location, at the top of the mountain, I saw this part of the forest fading […]